…his Honor, the Mayor, on the occasion of the celebration of the introduction of the Croton Water into this city." Adopted by the Board of Assistant Aldermen, May 2, 1842. " " " Aldermen, " 9, " Approved by the Mayor, " 14, " SAMUEL J. WILLIS…

…The many commercial listings of private plumbers wishing to obtain work bringing Croton water into residences (for example in several 1842 issues of the New York The Evening Post) bring to mind a number of issues, not the least of…

…1842, and this wish was realized. At five o'clock on the morning of the 22d of June, water to the depth of eighteen inches was admitted into the aqueduct from Croton Lake. A boat called the 4k Croton Maid…

…Amidst great fanfare, water finally began to flow into the Murray Hill Reservoir on July 4, 1842. A massive public celebration for the completion of the Croton Waterworks followed on October 14. These celebrations notwithstanding, the opening of the Waterworks…

…1838 1842 1842 Panic of 1837, followed by fiveyear depression New York’s Croton Aqueduct opens October 14. Daylong celebration culminates in fifty-foot shower of water spouting from Croton Fountain in City Hall Park. Attending the celebration are President…

…s A Memoir of the Construction, Costs and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, Compiled from Official Documents, Together with Account of the Civic Celebration of the 14th October, 1842 (New York, 1843) The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Gift of…

…The Evening Post, New York, October 15, 1842. Fitzsimons, Neal, ed. and introd. The Reminiscences of John B. Jervis: Engineer of the Old Croton. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1971. Jervis, John B. Description of the Croton Aqueduct from the Dam…

…An address" by Samuel Stevens, Esq., President of the Board of State Water Com- missioners, upon delivering the custody of the Croton Water Works to the Water Com- missioners of the Corporation. A reply from John L. Lawrence, Esq., President…

…In October last, after the Celebration which commemorated the completion of the CROTON AQUEDUCT, the joint Committee of the Common Council, constituting the Celebration Committee, determined that a Memoir of this great and successful en- terprise should be prepared, and…

…the Need Water Woria Money of 1774 Wooc^engraved illustration in Charles King's A Memoir of the construction, costs and capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, compiled from official documents, together with an account of the civic celebration of the…

…THE OLD CROTON aqueduct LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION Blake, Nelson Manfred. Water for Cities: A History of the Urban Water Supply Problem in the United States. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1956. Cooper, Linda Gilbert, ed. A Walkers to the Old…

…A notice in The Evening Post, October 15, 1842, for Atwill figure 47: F. Jones, Thomas Dusenbury, Plumber ... Croton Water, color lithograph advertisement Courtesy The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. 29.100.2484a Hardin…

…Order of the Fire Department Procession, on the occasion of the Croton Celebration, October Uth, 1842. At the head of the procession was a Band of Music, brought from Philadelphia, by the Neptune Hose Company of that city. Immediately after…

…Contractors and Workmen of the Water Works. A large main Pipe drawn by four horses. A truck surmounted by a banner with the inscription " Croton Aqueduct Depart- ment," bearing several pipes, and workmen, with red caps, on which was inscribed…

…One local historian concluded that the strongest bond between the metropolis and Westchester in 1841 was the Croton River. Howe, p.83. figure 44. above: Fayette B. Tower. Croton Aqueduct at Clendinning |sic] Valley, c.1842. ink on paper Courtesy…

…The 14th of October following was set apart as a day for the celebration of the introduction of the water into the city : and it was an occasion of unrestrained enthusiasm and joy. Multitudes came in from the country around…

…General outlines of the New York Fire Department Procession, on the occasion of the Croton Water Celebration. — October 14^, 1842. Grand Marshal— CORNELIUS V. ANDERSON. Assistant Marshals, W. Wells Wilson, Dewitt C. Mott, John B. Miller, Samuel L. Liscomb, George…

…Surely, we thought, with Croton water to extinguish a fire, and such a body of men to use it, New York will never suffer again from a conflagration. FIFTH DIVISION. Under the direction of Colonel Philbrick, assisted by Mr. James…